Today In Labor History

11 July
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho miners seize coal mines – 1892

A nine-year strike, the longest in the history of the United Auto Workers, began at the Ohio Crankshaft Division of Park-Ohio Industries Inc. in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio.  Despite scabs, arrests and firings, UAW Local 91 members hung tough and in 1992 won a fair contract— 1983

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